Help.....Anyone.....Please?

poppy12345

littlewing_uk wrote: »

Thank you - one of us has been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia which has an affect on what you can do. However at this time it is not recognised by Doctors etc as something you can get benefits for etc.

Part time work and reducing hours would help until such a time as that changed. But, working less hours would be a good start and would have health benefits which might negate the need for any subsequent health claim

That is not true. Lots of people claim PIP for a condition like this However PIP isn't award based on a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect you daily. Have you looked at the PIP descriptors? It's not a means tested benefit so can be claimed whatever the household income is.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

There's also a PIP self test that will give you some idea, but it's only a guide. You will need evidence to support a claim.
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

littlewing_uk

poppy12345 wrote: »

That is not true. Lots of people claim PIP for a condition like this However PIP isn't award based on a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect you daily. Have you looked at the PIP descriptors? It's not a means tested benefit so can be claimed whatever the household income is.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

There's also a PIP self test that will give you some idea, but it's only a guide. You will need evidence to support a claim.
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

Thats interesting, i shall have a read now.
Some days are not an issue, others are pretty hard. I dont want to claim for it until its necessary, and that day may not come.
Thanks for the useful info, i will look at it later

BorisThomson

littlewing_uk wrote: »

Having been in senior management for so long, i am enthusiastic about a life change, but cant do it at the expense of the family of course.

Was this a previous role? Senior management get paid considerably more than £20K.

Putting aside your lifestyle choices (children), are both of you able to work full time?

poppy12345

You also posted a on a public forum, of which in your first post you didn't mention any health problems. If you had mentioned these to start with then maybe some comments wouldn't have been so harsh. People can't help if they don't know ALL the details.

You came asking for advice yet only gave half the story and for this reason to begin with surely you expected some back stabbing.

Darksparkle

Household income £12,000 - Tax Credits £272 per week
Household income £17,000 - Tax Credits £233 per week

borkid

poppy12345 wrote: »

That is not true. Lots of people claim PIP for a condition like this However PIP isn't award based on a diagnosis, it's how those conditions affect you daily. Have you looked at the PIP descriptors? It's not a means tested benefit so can be claimed whatever the household income is.
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/Global/Migrated_Documents/adviceguide/pip-9-table-of-activities-descriptors-and-points.pdf

There's also a PIP self test that will give you some idea, but it's only a guide. You will need evidence to support a claim.
http://www.mybenefitsandwork.co.uk/pip/indexxx.php

Fibro is in someways like ME and it is possible to get ESA ( depends how it affects your day to day life and how much the family income is so you may be too high I don't know the figures) . Re fibro I know someone who manages to work fulltime running her own cleaning business but that's because she now has her medication sorted, about 24 tablets a day. Is it early days with the fibro diagnosis? If so it might be better to wait a while before making such a life changing decision especially as benefits can change in the future.

bigbulldog

littlewing_uk wrote: »

And also just thinking more about this stupid post - perhaps you would like to tell us how we could change our lifestyle???
We do not smoke, drink, take drugs. We havent had a holiday in several years.
We have a modest car, only 1 car in the family.
We do not spend on credit cards or rack up debt
We do not have a massive house, and 2 of our kids share a bedroom

We shop around for things, buy the groceries we need etc etc

So please, feel free to let me know if you think we are wasting money anywhere?

Unless you have been in a job you hate working yourself to the bone, i suggest you shut up

What a lovely polite person you are...NOT.:mad::mad:

There you go some more red faces for you....

So you post saying you would like help,but only tell half the truth I wonder what else your going on o come up with.

Your choice to have kids no one forces them....oh btw your lucky you can have them,but don't make them an a excuse .:mad:

Opps another red face.

littlewing_uk

BorisThomson wrote: »

Was this a previous role? Senior management get paid considerably more than £20K.

Putting aside your lifestyle choices (children), are both of you able to work full time?

Senior management in a family run business not a national company. No we both can't work full time, we have 4 kids one of which is 1

littlewing_uk

poppy12345 wrote: »

You also posted a on a public forum, of which in your first post you didn't mention any health problems. If you had mentioned these to start with then maybe some comments wouldn't have been so harsh. People can't help if they don't know ALL the details.

You came asking for advice yet only gave half the story and for this reason to begin with surely you expected some back stabbing.

I asked a question, not whether people think i should or not. Why would I have expected back stabbing? Is it usually on this forum for people to be judgemental and nasty?
My reasons for part time or a career change had nothing to do with my initial question which is help on calculating benefits

littlewing_uk

bigbulldog wrote: »

What a lovely polite person you are...NOT.:mad::mad:

There you go some more red faces for you....

So you post saying you would like help,but only tell half the truth I wonder what else your going on o come up with.

Your choice to have kids no one forces them....oh btw your lucky you can have them,but don't make them an a excuse .:mad:

Opps another red face.

I'm perfectly polite to helpful kind people as you can see from my other posts thanking people for their help. I'm not polite to cretins like you